Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Badfinger's
Pete Ham was honored on 27 April 2013 with a Blue Plaque at the
Swansea Railway Station in Swansea, Wales. Located on Ivey Place, a
location where Pete often practiced with his band The Iveys in the
1960s, the plaque represents a "place of historical interest" for
visitors throughout the United Kingdom.

AMong the attendees was Olivia Harrison,
widow of Beatle George Harrison. She said George spoke about Pete Ham
"with fondness as a friend and with respect for his beautiful songs ...
I have had the pleasure of meeting Pete's family and,
although I did not know Pete himself, his lyrics and recordings embody a
gentle spirit and tender heart."

Unveiled
by Pete's daughter, Petera Ham-Eddie, she spoke of the father who died
from suicide a month before she was born. “It was hard for him because
he was a quiet person, he was more into the music and his friends and
family.

"He
was very sensitive rather than being involved with all the ins and
outs of the business side of it. I think that was in some ways his
downfall. I always remember my mum talking about him from a
young age. She would always try to speak about him, because I was so
like him when I was young.”

Petera, now 37 and expecting a child herself, says she’s keen to share her father’s music and legacy with her
own child when it comes along.

“I’ll tell my baby what a kind and caring person
he was and how talented he was through his music. I’ll tell my
child how Dad seemed to care maybe a bit too much sometimes. And I’ll
just talk about how I’m just so very proud of him, and happy that his
legacy is still so strong and that people are still so fond of his
music.”